[1963 May 20--typed thank you letter to
Sarah-Patton Boyle; articles, ticket information, and
playbill, 1964, for
Blues for Mister
Charlie; doodling by James Baldwin;
1962-1965--letters (carbons), Sarah-Patton Boyle to
JB--complimentary and heartfelt letter, comments on
Blues for Mister
Charlie]

Pearl S.
Buck(1892-1973)

1958

[1958 Mar 26--letter to Sarah-Patton Boyle re
Welcome House, Inc., an adoption agency, especially
for children of mixed Asian-American parentage; 1958
Apr 5--letter to Sarah-Patton Boyle about her
concerns for sending children into the South where
they will meet so much prejudice; 1958 Mar 29--letter
(carbon) to Sarah-Patton Boyle re Welcome House, Inc.
and the problems of placing Negro-Asian children]

[White House embossed card sent in answer to
congratulations and comments on JFK's inaugural
speech]

Martin Luther King,
Jr.(1929-1968) and
Coretta Scott King(1927-
)

1956-1972

[1956-1957--articles re Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the bus boycott; 1958-1972--Christmas cards and
photograph cards; 1960 Jan 16--article re King's
speech and prayer pilgrimmage in Richmond, containing
a photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. and
Sarah-Patton Boyle; 1962 Aug 22--letter to
Sarah-Patton Boyle acknowledging her moral support
and commenting on the situation in Albany, Georgia;
1963 Feb, 1964 Dec--mimeographed letters to friends
and supporters of the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference; 1964 Apr 6--letter to Sarah-Patton Boyle
encouraging her active participation in
demonstrations, suggesting that she go into areas at
the invitation of the local sponsoring group, and
commenting on the work of the nonviolent army and the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference; 1964 Apr
30--letter to Sarah-Patton Boyle on the work of the
SCLC; 1964 Sep 23--letter from Dorothy F. Cotton,
Citizenship Education Program, to Sarah-Patton Boyle
thanking her for helping in the struggle for freedom
in St. Augustine, with notes by Boyle on the
experience; 1966 Sep 1--Coretta Scott King to
Sarah-Patton Boyle concerning Boyle's participation
in the Jackson march and the Freedom Movement; 1967
Jul 29--Coretta Scott King to Sarah-Patton Boyle
inviting her to the tenth Annual Convention of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta,
Georgia, with the theme "Where Do We Go From Here?";
1967 Nov 28--Coretta Scott King to Sarah-Patton Boyle
concerning the enclosed statement on the Jeannette
Rankin Brigade; 1968 May--Open Letter to the Women of
America from CSK seeking support for the Welfare
Mothers March on Mothers Day, May 12;
1957-1967--letters (carbons) from Sarah-Patton Boyle
to Martin Luther King, Jr. and CSK]

Thurgood
Marshall(1908-1993)

1958

[Director-Counsel, N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc.--letter to Sarah-Patton Boyle
concerning the decision in the case where "the
N.A.A.C.P. and this organization filed separate suits
challenging five statutes passed by the General
Assembly of Virginia which would make illegal
practically all of their work in that state]

Pauli
Murray(1910-1985)

1961-1966

[Articles, "On Teaching Constitutional Law in
Ghana,"
Yale Law Report, Fall
1961, and "Letter to the Editor" on A. Philip
Randolph and the National Press Club, August 23,
1964; 1963 Aug 19--six-page letter to Sarah-Patton
Boyle concerning
The Desegregated
Heartand Sarah-Patton Boyle herself, and
commenting on the "decades of our respective activity
on the 'racial front''' and on "the discovery that we
have been traveling along parallel roads without
knowing one another," interspersed with discussions
of the parallels; 1966 Feb 7--Excerpts from the
Court's Opinion on Gardenia White, et al and the
United States of America vs. members of the Jury
Commission of Lownes County, Alabama]

Alan
Paton(1903-1988)

1956-1960

[letters discuss the beliefs and activities of
both Alan Paton and Sarah-Patton Boyle, including
loving one's enemies]

Thomas F. Pettigrew(1931-
)

1962-1964

[letters discuss [
The Desegregated
Heart], both of their efforts in civil rights
and their recent books,
A Profile of the Negro
Americanand
For Human Beings
Only]

James Albert
Pike(1913-1969)

1957-1962

[letters discuss an invitation to Pike to speak to
the Charlottesville chapter of the Virginia Council
on Human Relations and his reasons for declining
(1957); Pike's leadership in the Church (1962)]

Lillian E.
Smith(1897-1966)

1951-1962

[1951 Sep 9--letter (carbon) to Lillian E. Smith
commenting on Smith's
Killers of the Dream,
and discussing her background and actions and
liberalism; 1952 Jul 14--letter, Paula Snelling for
LES to Sarah-Patton Boyle, explaining Smith's
inability to write at this time, and relaying Smith's
praises of Boyle; 1952 Sep 14--letter (carbon) to PS
seeking assistance for an article on the South and
its readiness for nonsegregation; 1952 Sep 16--letter
to Sarah-Patton Boyle offering assistance on the
article and the use of herself as an example of
someone who has worked openly against segregation for
thirteen years, commenting on the Waties Waring case
and offering quotes on her view of successfully
helping 'race relations' by working harmoniously with
your community; 1952 Oct 1--letter (carbon) to LES
acknowledging the necessity of working at other
community activities in addition to race relations,
and discussing statistics in an unofficial poll on
nonsegregation; 1952 Oct 3--lengthy discourse on a
disagreement concerning segregation with Virginius
Dabney, editor of the
Richmond
Times-Dispatch, discussion of editors' roles
in the promotion of race relations and the use of
"fresh words, fresh phrases" in speeches and letters
in favor of non-segregation, community work; 1952 Oct
28--letter (carbon) to LES discussing Smith's point
that "choice of words" may make a difference, her
belief that people basically want "to find the joys
of human warmth and love," the letters to the editor
campaign, her work with Negroes more than whites
these days, and the hostility of whites in Georgia,
and inquiring about the "1,000 Southern women"; 1952
Dec 18--letter (carbon) to LES inquiring about the
"3,000 Southern women," further discussion on Smith's
ideas of "cleansing certain words, like segregation,
by giving them other racial connotations and by
cleansing certain emotional areas...," thoughts on
Strange Fruit; 1955 Feb 3--letter (carbon) to LES
mentioning her article, "Southerners Will Like
Integration" in
The Saturday Evening
Post; 1962 Apr 29--letter (carbon) to LES
sending heartfelt praise for Smith and asking her, if
feasible, to read the galley proofs of
The Desegregated
Heart; 1962 Aug 14--letter to Sarah-Patton
Boyle praising Boyle's
The Desegregated
Heartand giving her thoughts on the
importance of the book, discussing the likenesses and
differences in their experiences, including a
discussion of Smith's family background and her
childhood, and offering the use of parts of her
letter to quote; 1962 Aug 14--letter to William
Morrow Company (copy) praising Boyle's
The Desegregated
Heartand offering her words as assistance in
promoting the book; 1962 Aug 25--letter (carbon) to
LES thanking her for her "heart-warming comments"
about
The Desegregated
Heart,discussing further writings of both
Smith and herself, including Smith's own
biography]

Southern Christian Leadership
Conference

1956-1965

[letters discuss Boyle being a contributor to the
Newsletter and Martin Luther King's new book,
Strength to Love;
articles, "Facing the Challenge of a New Age" by
Martin Luther King and "The Right Way is Not a
Moderate Way" by Lillian Smith in the February 1947
issues of
Fellowship; printed
material--annual report 1962-1963 for SCLC;
broadside, September 1963, for the Seventh Annual
Convention of the SCLC; brochure for the Alabama
Christian Movement for Human Rights; brochure, "This
is the SCLC"; and, newspaper articles, 1956-1958, on
Martin Luther King]

Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Newsletter

1962-1964

James R. Stokely(1913-1977) and
Wilma Dykeman
Stokely

1956-1961

[1956 Sep 19--letter from WDS to Sarah-Patton
Boyle commenting on events in Charlottesville
concerning Boyle and the "charred cross", the
situation in Clinton, Tennessee involving [ ] Kasper
and the court hearings; 1956 Oct 12--letter (carbon)
to Wilma Dykeman Stokely mentioning her article,
"Segregation, Surprises and Theology" in
The Nation; 1956 Nov
25--letter from WDS to Sarah-Patton Boyle mentioning
Boyle's articles and her recent one,
"Spit in the Devil's
Eye"in
The Nationand the
change of its title, and seeing the Schroetters [ ?
and Hilda?] from the University of Virginia; 1956
Dec--Christmas card; 1957 Jan 4--letter (carbon) to
the Stokelys mentioning their article on Clinton
[Tennesee] in
The Nation, the ruling
of the appeal court upholding Judge Paul, P. D. East
of Petal, Mississippi and his editorials; 1957 Nov
20--letter (carbon) to the Stokelys praising their
book as "worthwhile" and having "captured the South
and bound it" and mentioning Boyle's speaking in
Knoxville, Tennessee; 1961 Jan 30--JRS to
Sarah-Patton Boyle encouraging Boyle in her endeavors
working on her book [
The Desegregated
Heart] and suggesting a publisher, Maxewll
Geismar, who is interested in Southern writers]

Carl Van
Vechten(1880-1964)

1944-1955

[1955 Feb 20--letter to Sarah-Patton Boyle
commenting on her article in the
Saturday Evening
Postas being "so logical, so calm, and so
FAIR" and the differences in the North and South;
1955 Feb 23--letter (carbon) to Carl Van Vechten
discussing reactions to her article in the
Saturday Evening Post,
citing a letter from Gregory Swanson, the first Negro
student at the University of Virginia; discussing her
efforts in promoting integration, giving some
examples of reactions from whites and from Negroes
which she deems "strictly confidential"; and,
commenting that her agent has discouraged her from
writing a book on integration at this time; 1955 Feb
26--letter to Sarah-Patton Boyle commenting on the
controversy involving the
Negro Pressand
Nigger Heavenby Van
Vechten and encouraging her to write a book on
integration; mentioning various negroes--James Weldon
Johnson, Ralph Bunche, Marian Anderson, Leontyne
Price, Mattiwilda Dobbs, and William Warfield- -who
are "thoroughly emancipated persons who do not even
have to consider the perplexities of being born
'colored' "; mentioning Lillian E. Smith, Gertrude
Stein, James Branch Cabell, and Ellen Glasgow; 1955
Mar 12--letter (carbon) to Carl Van Vechten
acknowledging his work towards integration and
feeling somewhat negative over the opposition to her
work to promote race relations; 1955 Mar 24--letter
to Sarah-Patton Boyle offering words of comfort and
giving advice concerning her efforts, writing that
for each individual he meets: "I regard each single
one on a PERSONAL basis and do not regard races as a
whole"; 1955 Mar 25--letter to Sarah-Patton Boyle
sending material useful in relation to 'educating'
others; 1955 Jun 18--letter (carbon) to Carl Van
Vechten thanking him for the 'educational' material;
discussing her use of attacks as an excuse to address
the public and the struggle in the South as being
more of a class war than a race war;
printed--articles, 1944 and n.d., re Carl Van
Vechten; reprint of "The Van Vechten Revolution,"
1950, by George S. Schuyler; speech, "Ethel Waters,"
by Carl Van Vechten delivered at the dinner given
Waters by the Harlem Business Women on October 29,
1950]

Chad
Walsh(1914-1991)

1938, 1951-1958

[
Virginia Verse, edited
by Chad Walsh, February -June 1938 issues and
clippings about the little book; and, a copy of
Life's Worth Living;
1951 Aug 10--letter (carbon) to CW commenting on his
sermons,
Virginia Verse,
artists and their work; discussing the race problem,
quoting Lillian Smith and encouraging participation
in solving the related problems; 1952 Mar 13--letter
(carbon) to CW commenting on articles and addresses
on the race situation; 1952 Apr 24--letter from CW to
Editor of
Cavalier Dailypraising
the editorial "Prejudice's Walls Crumble" and
commenting on the University of Virginia's former
lack of discussion of segregation; 1953 Jan 2--letter
(carbon) to CW discussing her feelings about writing
a book, and mentioning an article, the RSV Bible, and
Walsh's future works of creation; 1955 Jul 17--letter
(carbon) to Rev. Roland J. Brown discussing his
prayer to pray for one's enemies; 1958 Mar 2-- letter
(carbon) to CW discussing his activities and
achievements, including his book, and answering at
length his question "What's wrong with our
presentation of religion to young people today?" She
mentions her upcoming visit to Koinonia Community and
the current status of her relationship with her
husband]

J. Waties
Waring(1880-1968)

1953-1955

[1955 Apr 12--letter to Sarah-Patton Boyle
concerning their work in anti-segregation and the
place of the white supporter among both whites and
blacks, and commenting on the arguments in the
Supreme Court and recent decisions on
anti-segregation; 1955 Aug 16--letter to Sarah-Patton
Boyle encouraging and advising her on her efforts in
promoting racial understanding and integration, and
discussing the rewards and hardships of such a stand;
1955 Aug 18--letter (carbon) to JWW discussing her
own feelings and principles toward working toward
racial understanding and integration]

Roy
Wilkins(1901-1981)

1955, 1963

[1955 Mar 30--letter to RW, administrator of the
N. A. A. C. P. discussing the difficulties of whites
fighting for integration in regard to the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People;
1955 Apr 5--letter to Sarah-Patton Boyle commenting
on her letter of March 30 and acknowledging her
sincerity; stating his theories that Negroes do not
trust white people and that the segregated pattern of
life has taken its toll on both Negroes and whites;
and, inviting further discussion on methods of
locating and interviewing supportive whites; 1955 Apr
15--letter (carbon) to RW praising his attitude and
understanding and commenting on integration; 1955 Jun
15--letter (carbon) to RW discussing her theory on
educating white southerners on the evils of
segregation, saying that it may be more effective if
conducted by Negroes so that it is first-hand
information; 1963 Feb 27--letter to Sarah-Patton
Boyle inviting her to accept a citation presented
annually by the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People on May 19th at the
Freedom Fund Dinner]

[program and pennant for the Prayer Pilgrimage for
Freedom, May 17, 1957; bus ticket, freedom
certificate, letter to participants, a portfolio, and
a souvenir edition of
AFRO Magazinefor the
March on Washington, August 28, 1963]

Honorary Certificates presented to
Sarah-Patton Boyle

1956-1965

[Virginia Voters League (September 23, 1956);
Staunton Chapter of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (May 12, 1957);
National Newspaper Publishers Association (March 17,
1958); National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (February 8, 1960 and May 19, 1963);
Committee of 100 Women (April 21, 1963); Lane Bryant
Annual Awards Citation (1964); Chicago Commitee of
One Hundred]

Photographs of
Sarah-Patton Boyle; Photograph
of
Patton Boyle, age 13

1962-1964, 1966

[Betty Furness program, with Erskine Caldwell,
October 31, 1962; National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People Freedom Fund Dinner,
with Bishop Spottswood, May 19, 1963; National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Freedom Fund Dinner, with Senator Leroy Johnson, May
19, 1963; Illustration for "the Price of Brotherhood"
in
Ebony, with Eugene
Williams, September 1964; Illustration for "the Price
of Brotherhood" in
Ebony, Patton Boyle,
age 13, September 1964]